Members of the Fairfield County Council and the Fairfield County Library Commission celebrate the reopening of the renovated Main Library on Sunday. “It’s good to be settled again,” said Library Director Sarah McMaster. Left to right: Clyde McCants, Sarah McMaster, Bubba Lyles, David Brown, Tom Fletcher, Carolyn Robinson, Elizabeth Martin and Mary Lynn Kinley. Susan […]
Storm a Brewing –
June 16, 2012 By
The Blythewood Storm (11U) competed in The USSSA S.C. State Championship June 9-10. On Saturday they played up an age group to 12U and on Sunday played 11U. They ended up winning their age group with a 3-1 record. Pictured from left to right, starting at the bottom are: Nic Henderson, Garrison Bridges, Josh Cowan, […]
Wes Stevens retires from Post Office
June 16, 2012 By
Wes Stevens retired recently after 25+ years with the Blythewood Post Office. A resident of Winnsboro, Wes has been ‘running things’ at the Blythewood Post Office as long as many of us can remember. Whether he’s helping, stamping, advising, listening, lecturing or complimenting, Wes was always at the ready to meet our postal needs. He […]
The $3,000 Car Wash –
June 16, 2012 By
These members of the Sandy Level Baptist Church Youth Ministry team will be washing cars at the BP Sharpe Shoppe on Blythewood Road to help raise $3000 for a mission trip to Greenville, Mississippi in July. Included in the team are (clockwise from left front): Teal Britt, Austin Wooten, Callie Powell, Benjamin Hochhalter, Harrison Wofford, […]
The Elephant in the Room –
June 16, 2012 By
Local Republican candidates, party workers and residents gather for the Fairfield County Republican Party Headquarters Ribbon Cutting Celebration June 11. Mick Mulvaney, the Congressman representing S.C.’s 5th District, did the honors. The GOP Headquarters, located at 120 N. Congress St. in Winnsboro, is the first Republican Party office ever in Fairfield County.
Tea Tourists –
June 16, 2012 By
Thirty members of the XYZ Seniors from Shandon Presbyterian Church in Columbia enjoy tea and lunch at the soon-to-open Cornwallis House Tea Company at 141 S. Congress Street in Winnsboro. The group began the day with a tour of Donnie and Pam Laird’s home on High Street, then visited the historic Cornwallis House, then on to Kitty Rabb’s […]
Lions Share –
June 16, 2012 By
The Winnsboro Lions Club presented an annual scholarship award of $750 to a deserving Fairfield County graduate at its meeting June 5 at the Fairfield Memorial Hospital. Katie McLemore (right, with Lion’s Club President Gene Clemens), a 2012 graduate of Fairfield Central High School, and daughter of Tammie and Tommy McLemore of Ridgeway, was the […]
Delegating Authority –
June 16, 2012 By
The Winnsboro Rotary Club will be sponsoring two delegates, Zachary Bowens (left) and Kristin Irby to this year’s Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (R.Y.L.A.) Zachary is a rising junior at Fairfield Central High School and Kristin is a rising senior at Richard Winn Academy. This week-long motivational, leadership training and free enterprise seminar is for rising […]
Finger-Lickin’ Good –
June 16, 2012 By
It’s not every day that one receives a S.C. Senate Resolution, but two Fairfield County men have done just that. Barbeque Pit Masters and “Can’t Quit Smokin’” teammates George King (right) and Gary Freeman (left) were honored last month at the Winnsboro office of District 17 Senator Creighton Coleman for earning the title, “2011 S.C. […]
Library Update –
June 16, 2012 By
Rotarian Davis Anderson (left) had as his program fellow Rotarian Sarah McMaster (center, with Rotary President Arthur Lathan), who is also the Director of the Fairfield County Library. She spoke of the renovations going on currently at the Library and also when the completion date would be. She gave a powerpoint presentation of the work in […]
